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pinetreesgreen t1_jal2u4h wrote

Reply to comment by HoopOnPoop in A man set himself on fire on UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza by DrTreeMan

Several people were injured trying to help put him out, which apparently he didn't want them to do. Statements from witnesses seem to indicate mental illness.

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HoopOnPoop t1_jal4ann wrote

Even if someone else is helping, the concept of filming a mentally ill person attempting to kill themselves is royally fucked up.

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TigerBasket t1_jalfca2 wrote

I mean they filmed Buhdist monks when they did it, if it was a protest and not a suicide attempt that's literally more or less the idea.

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pinetreesgreen t1_jal4sl0 wrote

Thats fair. Just wanted to restore a tiny bit of hope for humanity for you before bedtime.

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cuddly_carcass t1_jal6p4k wrote

Setting yourself on fire would for sure would fit in the definition of mental illness

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dofffman t1_jan6pnw wrote

it has been done for protest.

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cam94509 t1_janyvfo wrote

Yeah. But Americans would medicalize protest if they could, tbh.

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cuddly_carcass t1_jaoch9j wrote

Regardless of the intent any act of self harm is a sign of mental illness in my book.

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dofffman t1_japoza9 wrote

I can see many reasons for self harm. Hunger strikes are self harm, standing in front of a tank risks great self harm. I would never want to have to do it but I would love to be able to and have the courage to like the monk did way back when if I was in a similar situation.

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